text editing in ubuntu

[Ned Hoy (ubuntu-users)]

Edit > Preferences > [x] Enabled Text Wrapping
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On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM, steve <utopia_beach at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

>
> hi all,
>
> i've been lurking for a while. and i'm quite impressed by how helpful you
> all are.
>
> i've been double booting linux with windows for many years. i went with
> slackware for a long time, being a minimalist at heart. i suffered
> unsupported hardware and lack of sympathetic user groups [those were the
> days] because it was not windows and i'm a 'help someone if you can' kind
> of
> guy. however, i have certain requirements and litle time [don't want to go
> into that now - but i'm not an ict pro, by any means].
>
> i love linux and i've always wanted to ditch windows completely but have
> never found a satisfactoty means of editing text, or of editing text in
> email. i also need a good html editor. [looking at screem at the moment].
> in
> an ideal world i'd learn to use cli apps or emacs. i'd also like to win the
> lottery, but it ain't gonna happen. even though a pigeon shit on my head
> the
> other day.
>
> i've persevered with windows largely due to the efforts of a japanese
> programmer, tomohiro norimatsu, the author of the text editor 'dana' and
> the
> email client 'rebecca', both fully featured but more importantly both
> bulletproof, as it were. many users of those progs have begged him to
> produce linux versions of those apps to no avail.
>
> tonight i tried to do the simplest of things, one would have thought. i
> tried to edit a text file with gedit. after a few operations i lost focus
> on
> the editing window  the 'i-beam cursor was was impotent. save file, reopen,
> here we go again. a few operations and the i-beam is taunting me. and there
> is no evidence of wordwrap whatsoever. what gives?
>
> i tried editing the text file in a kmail window and it would not wrap.
> again
> the edit window lost focus after a few operations. strange though it may
> seem, this email has worked perfectly. hang on, saving to outbox and re-
> editing, wordwrap is cludgy. could there be a simple explanation?
>
> ubuntu netbook remix on samsung nc10
> kate installed but likewise dysfunctional
> kate uninstalled - nothing changes
>
> could any one recommend a fairly advance means of editing text that doesn't
> involve an immense learning curve, never mind drag and drop, but visual
> word
> wrap would be good.
>
> all tips gratefully received.
>
> steve
>
> maschino maschino yello
>
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